# Creating a ringfenced sub-community

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-ringfenced-sub-community/133856>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [November 19, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-ringfenced-sub-community/133856 "2019-11-19T19:16:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![nefibach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nefibach/32/138703_2.png) [@nefibach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nefibach)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-ringfenced-sub-community/133856/1 "2019-11-19T19:16:02Z")

</div>

I’m not sure if this is possible but…

I am hoping to be able to create a ringfenced sub-community within my forum. This group of people should be able to:

- Post in their own Category
- Be able to read, but not post in other Categories
- Not be able to either receive or send private messages (PMs should work as normal for everyone else)
- Everyone else should not be able to see or access this group’s Category

I’d also need to be able to export the content for just that category, and not the rest of the forum.

Is that possible?

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-ringfenced-sub-community/133856)._